4PJ3

Structural insight into the function and evolution of the spliceosomal helicase Aquarius, Structure of Aquarius in complex with AMPPNP


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.226 
  • R-Value Work: 0.191 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.193 

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Literature

The RNA helicase Aquarius exhibits structural adaptations mediating its recruitment to spliceosomes.

De, I.Bessonov, S.Hofele, R.Dos Santos, K.Will, C.L.Urlaub, H.Luhrmann, R.Pena, V.

(2015) Nat Struct Mol Biol 22: 138-144

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.2951
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4PJ3

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Aquarius is a multifunctional putative RNA helicase that binds precursor-mRNA introns at a defined position. Here we report the crystal structure of human Aquarius, revealing a central RNA helicase core and several unique accessory domains, including an ARM-repeat domain. We show that Aquarius is integrated into spliceosomes as part of a pentameric intron-binding complex (IBC) that, together with the ARM domain, cross-links to U2 snRNP proteins within activated spliceosomes; this suggests that the latter aid in positioning Aquarius on the intron. Aquarius's ARM domain is essential for IBC formation, thus indicating that it has a key protein-protein-scaffolding role. Finally, we provide evidence that Aquarius is required for efficient precursor-mRNA splicing in vitro. Our findings highlight the remarkable structural adaptations of a helicase to achieve position-specific recruitment to a ribonucleoprotein complex and reveal a new building block of the human spliceosome.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Macromolecular Crystallography, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Intron-binding protein aquarius1,475Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: AQRKIAA0560
EC: 3.6.4.13
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for O60306 (Homo sapiens)
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Go to UniProtKB:  O60306
PHAROS:  O60306
GTEx:  ENSG00000021776 
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupO60306
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.226 
  • R-Value Work: 0.191 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.193 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 94.986α = 90
b = 140.444β = 90
c = 144.761γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
XDSdata reduction
SHELXphasing
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
Cootmodel building
XSCALEdata scaling
SHELXDphasing

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2015-01-21
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-02-11
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2015-02-25
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2016-06-01
    Changes: Data collection
  • Version 1.4: 2017-11-22
    Changes: Advisory, Derived calculations, Refinement description
  • Version 1.5: 2023-12-27
    Changes: Advisory, Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations
  • Version 1.6: 2024-10-09
    Changes: Structure summary